Kim uses the Fermi process to estimate the number of buckets of rocks she could store in a warehouse. The buckets are shaped like cylinders. The warehouse is shaped like a rectangular prism.
She estimates the buckets have a height of 25 inches and a diameter of 10 inches.
She estimates the warehouse is 100 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 20 feet high.
Which expression should Kim use in the process?
+128408 Not sure what the Fermi Process is...but here is an approach :
We will have some empty space around each bucket....each bucket would occupy a prism with a volume of [10 *10 * 25 ] = 2500 in^3
The height of each bucket is 25 in and the height of the warehouse is 240 in
So......20*12 / 25 ≈ 9 buckets could be stacked
And in one row, 50*12/10 = 60 buckets could be accomodated
And the number of rows is 120*12/10 = 120
So....the approximate number of buckets that the warehouse could hold is
9 * 60 * 120 = 64800 buckets
